MirBSD manpage: rmdir(1)

RMDIR(1)                     BSD Reference Manual                     RMDIR(1)

NAME

     rmdir - remove directories

SYNOPSIS

     rmdir [-p] directory [...]

DESCRIPTION

     The rmdir utility removes the directory entry specified by each directory
     argument, provided it is empty.

     Arguments are processed in the order given. In order to remove both a
     parent directory and a subdirectory of that parent, the subdirectory must
     be specified first so the parent directory is empty when rmdir tries to
     remove it.

     The options are as follows:

     -p      Each directory argument is treated as a pathname of which all
             components will be removed, if they are empty, starting with the
             last most component. (See rm(1) for fully non-discriminant recur-
             sive removal.)

     The rmdir utility exits with one of the following values:

     0       Each directory argument referred to an empty directory and was
             removed successfully.

     >0      An error occurred.

EXAMPLES

     $ rmdir foobar

     Remove the directory foobar if it is empty.

     $ rmdir -p cow/horse/monkey

     Remove all directories up to and including cow, stopping at the first
     non-empty directory (if any).

SEE ALSO

     rm(1), rmdir(2)

STANDARDS

     The rmdir utility is expected to be IEEE Std 1003.2 ("POSIX.2") compati-
     ble.

HISTORY

     A rmdir command appeared in Version 1 AT&T UNIX.

MirBSD #10-current               May 31, 1993                                1